51.  North, a public affairs official who was the acting director of policy in the Office of Insular Affairs, resigned after the subpoena was issued.

52.  No acting director has been appointed, and no names of permanent successors have surfaced since Koplan announced his resignation three weeks ago.

53.  Officials at the Department of Commerce say they will probably name an acting director to run the Census Bureau, thereby forgoing a confirmation battle in the Senate.

54.  One possibility, whose nomination would presumably win quick approval, is George Tenet, the acting director.

55.  On Tuesday, the president considered asking George Tenet, the acting director, to take the helm, government officials said.

56.  Peter Schaufuss lasted a year, and Johnny Eliasen, a company dancer, took over as acting director.

57.  Pete Falleen will serve as acting director of the Everett Wing Responsibility Center until a replacement for Vezzetti is named.

58.  President Bill Clinton said he will nominate George Tenet, the acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to head the intelligence service.

59.  Similar care should be taken to find a new head of the National Institutes of Health, which only has an acting director.

60.  Smith is acting director of the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Council, which advises the British government on the disease.